A study of the cultivation techniques and variety of machinery used by Japanese farmers in developing a rice crop from harsh and non-arable land.
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2015-01-16 21:38:02
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IA1113003
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Films Incorporated. [from old catalog]
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japanesefarmers
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78705478
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3145756
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The island your pet on issue is the main island. Japan is a mountainous country. The range not by many rivers and valleys and these create the characteristic Japanese landscape of only one sixth of the land is suitable for agriculture. By. Japanese farmers a small but they're intensely cultivated all year round after the winter wheat is harvested in May The land is immediately prepared for rice planting. The soft mud of the rice paddy a scored with rose to mark where the rice sprouts will be planted. Rice. Is started in the clip planted seed bits then the sprouts are replanted in the paddock. Traditionally planting. Is always been woman's work. By. The. As one crop is being planted. Still another is being harvested high above the rice paddies in the hill country the first time list of P. There are three crops each year. The. Finer. Varieties. Are. Picked by hand. Mid. October. About Rice at the foot of food just sign is ready. Feels. Are small. And. The. Use of cutting machines isn't practical. The. Rice grain is dried in the sun. No. Need. To. Be. No. One. In the. Room. The farmers help one another a threshing time. The crushing machines are small but very efficient. It takes many hands to feed them. The farmer doesn't have to worry about marketing is green is project goes to a cooperative and is graded priced and sold for him. With. After the rice harvest preparations are made for still another crop. This constant cultivation would exhaust the soil if it weren't for the skill of the Japanese farmers. They're experienced in the use of fertilizer in the rotation of crops and they manage to keep their soil rich unfruitful. Crop number three was hobby a sort of reddish. Strawberries are especially crop and methods have been devised to keep the soil moist and warm in order to stimulate growth. Strawberries. Can be harvested in wintertime on the sea coast where the climate is milder. I. Bought houses made of glass are frequently destroyed in typhoons so that strawberry farmers are turning to simpler less expensive materials. Mamoun plastic. The farmer's wife sorts the morning harvest packing and displaying are considered an art in Japan and Great care is taken with the arrangement of the fruit. A less time consuming crop is the peanuts which requires little care. Whenever possible. Only usable soil is made to yield throughout the year. On the flat land that wheat the rice that strippers. On the terrorist hillsides vegetables Buckwheat tea. The whole countryside is like an enormous garden. A famous Japanese product is a mandarin orange growing on the slopes of narrow valleys. Harvest. Begins in. November when the best and largest proof is picked for overseas markets. It. Well. Thanks. Well. The. Final lap. Shorting integrating it down at the cooperative. Put. The smaller oranges appeals mechanic can mandarins are a major Japanese export put put. Japan goes a tremendous variety and quantity of fruit and vegetables thanks to the energy and skill of our farmers. But their own most a hundred million mouths to feed in Japan. And like many island nations she must employ a good deal of food. The IT. The.
